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Image: David Gray/Reuters On April 4, the Chinese government implemented a new regulatory strategy restricting the export of seven heavy rare earth... Read More

The European Commission has approved the first 47 strategic projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA). The CRMA aims to improve... Read More

The Entwicklungsfonds Seltene Metalle (ESM) is a Swiss foundation in the field of rare and critical metals. Our projects, both in Switzerland... Read More

From the ESM’s perspective, an analysis of Swiss commodity risks is needed in order to identify potential dangers for the economy, digitalisation... Read More

We’re thrilled to share our new website with you. To make navigating the ESM Foundation’s work as intuitive and easy as possible... Read More

We’ve been quoted in a recent article in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) regarding Switzerland’s critical raw materials strategy. Switzerland is largely... Read More

Researchers from the Energy Commission of the SCNAT – Swiss Academy of Sciences recommend that Switzerland should actively address the supply of... Read More

A recent article in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) has examined the importance of the Critical Raw Materials Act in Europe’s journey... Read More

In the run-up for the IRTC23 conference, we have started with a series that we call “IRTComment”. In this series of comments, IRTC members will share their views on critical raw materials issues, developments and/or events.